Do One Thing, Do It Fully

Multitasking doesn’t work. But if you are hell-bent on it, there is ONLY one scenario in which it (sort of) works. You can multitask two actions simultaneously if one of them has become an ingrained habit. E.g., if you are a good driver, you can listen to a...

Moderate Daily Effort

During one particular year in school, I became very complacent and whiled away my time. Suddenly, one day, I woke up realizing that I had only a few months left for the exams. So I calculated the hours required to finish the syllabus and came up with a hefty target,...

Just Start the Journey

To be fit, you don’t need to be David Goggins or run 100-mile ultramarathons. To build a reading habit, you don’t have to read one book per day. To start meditating, you don’t need to be a Buddha-like perfect meditator. It is perfectly fine to be inspired...

Why Mental Health Still Faces Stigma Today

Recently, Maharashtra politicians were calling each other names by saying things like, “XYZ might need to consult a psychiatrist.” Another quipped, “You need to be treated in a mental hospital.” Having to consult a psychiatrist has now become...

Why Less is More

In my previous EdTech startup, ConceptOwl, I found one day that new videos were not showing up on our app even though we were recording dozens of them every week. Why? Manpower problem. We had too many people! I found that there were too many steps in the video...